Figure wheeled toy



March 17, 1925. 1,530,213

- c. SQUIRE FIGURE WHEELED TOY Filed Sept. 12, 1923 2 sheets-sheet 1March 17. 192s. 1,530,213.

C. SQUIRE FIGURE WHEELED TOY Filed Sept. 12, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES CHARLES SQUIRE, OF DEANS, NEW JERSEY;

I FieURE WHEELED TOY.

Application filed September 12. 1923. Serial No. 662,282.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that CHARLES SQUIRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Deans, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey,has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Figure Wheeled Toys,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in toys and has for its object toprovide a torpedo shaped toy having a nose trigger for releasing thespring controlled figures con tained within the torpedo.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a torpedo shapedtoy having spring actuated figures contained therein and means wherebythe said spring will be held under compression and means whereby saidspring will be released through automatic action of the toy.

With the above and such other objects in view as may hereinafter morefully appear,

a I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my toy;

Figure 2 is a similar view, certain parts being shown in changedposition;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of the device; and

Figure 4 is a top plan view thereof.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the followingspecification and in the several views in the drawings in which 1indicates a carriage preferably in the form of a torpedo shaped shell 2,mounted upon wheels 3. The upper part of the body is provided with anopening 4 having a slidable closure 5 held normally open by a spring 6one end 7 of the spring being secured to the rear edge 8 of the closure5 and the other end of said spring being secured to the body or rear end9 of the shell. A hook 10 is provided on the forward end of the door 5to which the hook end 11 of the link 12 may be attached. The forward end18 of the link projects through an opening 1 1 in the nose 15 of theshell 2 and projects slightly there beyond to form a trigger wherebywhen said trigger strikes any object the link 12 will be forced inwardlyand its hook end 11 released from the hook 10 of the bar whereby the barwill be drawn open by the spring 6. Mounted in the body of the shell isa tube 16 within which is coiled a spring 17 having a disc 18 secured toits upper convolution. Mounted upon this disc is a stalf 19 carrying theflag 20 also mounted on the disc 18 is a figure of a soldier 21 having apivoted arm 22 to which is fixed a gun 23. When the disc 18 iscompressed down within the tube 16 the arm 22 assumes a verticalposition. The disc is held down within the. tube by means of the door 5against which the staff 19 presses and by means of which the spring 17is held under compression, an anti-friction roller 24: being mountedupon the upper end of the staff 19 in order to facilitate the opening ofthe door 5. Then the disc 18 is compressed within the tube 16 and thehooks 10 and 11 caught into engagement with one another the toy is readyfor operation which is accomplished by giving the same a push in thedirection of any object. lVhen the trigger hits an object the hook 10will be released from the hook 11, the spring 6 will draw the door 5open releasing the spring 17 which will shoot the disc and its figuresout through the opening 4. As soon as the Figure 21 projects beyond theupper edge 25 of said tube the weight 26 on the rod 27 to which the arm23 is pivoted, will cause the arm 22 and gun 23 to move to horizontalposition whereby the soldier 21 will have the effect of aiming the gun.

Having described my invention that which I claim to be new and desire toprocure by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy of the character described consisting of a shell mounted uponwheels, fig ures held under spring tension in said shell and meanswhereby said figures may be re leased, to project out of said shell,said compression means consisting of a horizontally movable door, saiddoor being spring controlled, means for holding said door closed,

2. A toy of the character described con- 9 sisting of a shell mountedupon wheels, fig ures held under spring tension in said shell and meanswhereby said figures may be re leased, to project out of said shell,said compression means consisting of a horizontally movable door, saiddoor being spring con trolled, means for holding said door closed, saidmeans consisting of a hook link, means for releasing said hook, saidmeans consisting of a trigger, projecting from said shell, said shellbeing in the form, of a torpedo, said trigger projecting from the noseof said torpedo, one of said figures being in the form of a soldier,carrying a gun, said soldier having a pivoted arm to which said gun issecured, means whereby said gun may be automatically aimed by saidfigure.

2-3. A toy of the character clesc'ibed consisting of a shell mountedupon wheels, figures held under spring tension in said shell and meanswhereby said figures may be released, to project out of said shell, saidcompression means consisting of a horizontally movable door, said doorbeing spring controlled, means for holding said door closed, said meansconsisting of a hook link, means for releasing said hook, said meansconsist ing of a trigger, projecting from said shell, said shell beingin the form of a torpedo, said trigger projecting from the nose of saidtorpedo, one of said figures being in the form of a soldier, carrying agun, said soldier having a pivoted arm to which said gun is secured,means whereby said gun may be automatically aimed by said figure, saidmeans consisting of a counter-Weight for holding said arm in a normallyhorizontal position.

4. A toy of the character described consisting of a shell mounted uponwheels, figures held under spring tension in said shell, means wherebysaid figures may be released, to project out of said shell, saidcompression means consisting of a horizontally movable door, said doorbeing spring controlled, means for holding said door closed, said meansconsisting of a hook link, means for releasing said hook, said meansconsisting of a trigger, projecting from said shell, said shell being inthe form of a torpedo, said trigger projecting from the nose of saidtorpedo, one of said figures being in the form of a soldier, carrying agun, said soldier having a pivoted arm to which said gun is secured,means whereby said gun may be automatically aimed by said figure, saidmeans consisting of a counter-weight for holding said arm in a normallyhorizontal position, and a disc upon which said figures are mounted, oneof said figures being a flagst-aflt and flag.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twoitnesses.

CHARLES SQUIRE.

Witnesses IRVING CAMPBELL, WILLIAM S. DENNIS, J r.

